diff --git a/pkg/log/format.go b/pkg/log/format.go
index bbddce44e..4db34ae19 100644
--- a/pkg/log/format.go
+++ b/pkg/log/format.go
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ func sortFields(data logrus.Fields) []string {
 }
 
 func parseFormat(format string) logrus.Formatter {
-	if format == "plain" {
-		return &logrus.TextFormatter{}
+	if format == "json" {
+		return &logrus.JSONFormatter{}
 	}
 
-	return &logrus.JSONFormatter{}
+	return getDevFormatter()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/log/log.go b/pkg/log/log.go
index d70d4bfcc..8013d4b74 100644
--- a/pkg/log/log.go
+++ b/pkg/log/log.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ func New(cloudProvider string, level logrus.Level, format string) *Logger {
 	switch cloudProvider {
 	case "GCP":
 		l.Formatter = getGCPFormatter()
-	case "none":
-		l.Formatter = getDevFormatter()
 	default:
 		l.Formatter = parseFormat(format)
 	}